Here's a post from the Lew Rockwell blog in which Eric Peters holds forth on way in which those ridiculous federal fuel-economy regulations will soon make spare tires more or less illegal.

As I've noted, these are the same regs that make giant SUVs more or less mandatory for anyone who doesn't want to be crushed in traffic.

As Peters notes, those of us who drive cars will be stuck with those cans of "Fix-a-Flat." They work fine for slow leaks, but what about a catastrophic tire failure? You'll have to take the tire off the car, bring it to a tire shop, and then go remount it by the side of the road.

At that point some guy in a giant SUV texting on his cellphone will slam into you and send you on the highway to heaven.